People have been allowed to go home after being evacuated from communities near the Stouts Fire in southwest Oregon. But they must be ready to leave again if conditions worsen. Cooler temperatures and clouds Sunday helped crews battling the fire that grew quickly in the triple-digit temperatures of late last week. Pam Sichting is a spokeswoman for the Stouts Fire.
Sichting: "It was 30 degrees cooler. Our humidities were up 20 - 30 percent higher and it really gave us an opportunity where we could get right in directly towards the fire edge and get some good line constructed."
The Stouts Fire started Thursday in tinder dry forests east of Canyonville. It's burned just over 15 thousand acres and is just 5 percent contained. Smoke from wildfires in Oregon and California is causing hazy conditions in the valleys.